One of the most revered veteran seiyuus ever. Tesshō Genda (real name: Mitsuo Yokoi) is known for his gruff, heavy voice which makes him quite the go guy for gung-ho, big guy roles or at least those fulfilling the MightyGlacier role. He's also quite the MemeticBadass, mostly due to his dub roles as two very very famous Western Animation roles: [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Optimus Prime]]. In his seiyuu career, he is often landed with roles that shares [[RelationshipVoiceActor relationship]] with Creator/AkioOhtsuka.

[[RealMenWearPink He's also into ballet]], and is popularly known as "Pirouette Genda."

As a veteran voice actor with gruff voice, it is not really that surprising that he's usually the go-guy to Japanese-dub characters played by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

----!!Roles done by Tesshō Genda:* Adon Coborlwitz in ''Anime/Berserk1997''* Ash-Far in ''VideoGame/{{Valis}} IV''.* Franchise/{{Batman}} in many ''Batman'' cartoons.** In ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', however, he's the voice of Mister Freeze.* Biff Tannen (Creator/ThomasFWilson) in the TV Asahi dub of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy* Blastoise ("Kamex" in Japanese) in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime and the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, in possibly one of the coolest non-ironic examples of PokemonSpeak.* Bobby (Goodfeathers) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' * Bowler Hat Guy in ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons''* Captain Tenille Imposter in the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure TV Anime''* Cleon (Dorsey Wright) in the Japanese dub of ''Film/TheWarriors''* Convoy (Optimus Prime) in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' and ''Anime/TransformersHeadmasters'' (also reprising his role to dub him in the [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries live-action films]] and ''WebAnimation/TheTransformersTitansReturn''.) Also voices Omega Supreme and Professor Terranova in the cartoon.** Also, [[{{God}} Primus]] in the Anime/UnicronTrilogy. Who better than the voice of the first Optimus Prime to play the god of all Transformers?** [[CoolStarship Omega Supreme]] in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''.* Daijirou Go in ''Anime/VoltesV''* Dan Dastun in ''Anime/TheBigO''* The Devil in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''* Doc [=McCoy=] in ''Anime/{{Dallos}}''* [[BigBad Edgar the Bug]] and Frank the Pug in the Nippon TV and DVD/VHS dubs of ''Film/MenInBlack'' respectively* E.P. Arnold Royalton in the Japanese dub of ''Film/SpeedRacer''* [[spoiler:[[Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron Deus Ex Machina]]]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX''* Gadeis in ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} IV: The Dawn of Ys''* Gally Gregman in ''VideoGame/EvilZone''* Emperor Ganishka in ''VideoGame/BerserkAndTheBandOfTheHawk''* Foghorn Leghorn in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} in the mid-nineties WOWOW dub of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' ([[TheOtherDarrin Darrined]] by Creator/{{Chafurin}} in the 2003 Cartoon Network dub)* George Costanza (Jason Alexander) in the Japanese television dub of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' ([[TheOtherDarrin Darrined]] by Hiroshi Iwasaki in the DVD dub)* Gorisaki Banana in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' ('''"[[SayMyName RYUUUUJI!!]]"''')* Grunbeld in ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho''* [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile]] in ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX''** Zangief in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000 Capcom vs. SNK]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]''*** [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Haggar]] and [[VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds Unknown Soldier 2P]] in ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''*** General Bison (Creator/RaulJulia) in the VHS/DVD dub of the ''Film/StreetFighter'' film (where he kept his DubNameChange from the overseas versions of the games).* [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Gu-Landon Goetz]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration: Moon Dwellers''* UsefulNotes/HondaTadakatsu in ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}} 3'' and later ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}''* Inspector Gadget in the 80s ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' series* [[BigBad Howling]] in ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' [[TheMovie movie]]* Jack in the first ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' OVA* James Links in ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders: Dolores, i''* Kaido in ''Anime/OnePiece''* Karl Gustav Kempff in ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes''* Kelly Layzner in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory''* Kensaku Kira in ''Anime/GodSigma''* Kratos in the Japanese version of the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series and for his appearance in ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale.''* [[spoiler:[[SealedBadassInACan Kurama]]]]/[[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan The Nine-Tailed Fox]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''* Mayor Lioneart in ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}''.* Lu Buwei in ''Manga/{{Kingdom}}''* Lucas in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}''* Ludo the Yeti in the Japanese dub of ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''* Lunar's Papa in ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' ('''[[ShoutOut I'll]] [[ActorAllusion be]] [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} back!]]''')* Mace Windu in the Japanese dub of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise* Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) in the Japanese dub of ''Film/PulpFiction''* [[ShoutOut Masculimus]] in ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''* [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] in the Japanese dub of "The Package" from ''Anime/HaloLegends''* Mayor Manx in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''* Metal Knight in ''Manga/OnePunchMan''* Mighty Kongman/Bruiser Khang in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny''** Largo the Black Lion in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''* Moguro Fukuzou/"The Laughing Salesman" in ''[[Manga/LaughingSalesman Laughing Salesmen NEW]]''.* Morpheus in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' films.* Muk and Luk in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}''* TheNarrator and [=MagiPhone=] voice of ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''..* The '''[[LargeHam HAMMY]]''' {{Narrator}} and Cross in ''Anime/ShinMazinger''** Possibly a ShoutOut to the earlier Creator/GoNagai OVA ''Abashiri Ikka (The Abashiri Family)'', where he is both the '''HAMMY''' {{Narrator}} and voice of Naojiro Abashiri, a cyborg who Cross very much resembles...* Officer Landers in ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse''* Orin Scrivello (Creator/SteveMartin) in the Japanese dub of ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors''* [[BigBad Emperor Pierrot]] in ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure''* [[CrossDressingVoices Popuko]] in ''Manga/PopTeamEpic''[[labelnote:*]]episode 4 only[[/labelnote]] [[invoked]]* President Schwarzenegger in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''.* Rodin in the ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' anime film* Rune God Selece in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''* Ryujinmaru in the ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries''* Ryusaku in ''Manga/{{Akira}}''* [[ButtMonkey Shuu]] in ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''** [[BigBad Bojack]] and [[BigBad Janemba]] in the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' movies* Sleggar Law in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''** Dozle Zabi in the more recent video games such as ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam 3'' and ''Gundam Memories'' (succeeding the late Creator/DaisukeGori)* Stacker Pentecost (Creator/IdrisElba) in the Japanese dub of ''Film/PacificRim''* Takeda Shingen in the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' series ('''"[[SayMyName YUKI]][[MemeticMutation MURAAA!!!]]"''')** Also Moloch in ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', spawning a number of fanarts of Moloch in Shingen's outfit.* Taurus Aldebaran in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' ('''" [[BlownAcrossTheRoom GREAT HORNS!!!!!]]"''')* Teisel Bonne in the ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' series* Tigger in the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' franchise and the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series* [[DragonInChief Younger Toguro]] in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''* Tor in ''WesternAnimation/MightyOrbots''* Tsuyoshi Mokoyama in ''Manga/YakitateJapan''* Tsuyoshi "Mukoukki" Seido in ''Anime/{{GoLion}}''* Umibozu in ''Manga/CityHunter''* Vandham in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' * Weaver in ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}''* War Machine in ''WesternAnimation/IronMan''* Yang Fang Leiden in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV DS''* [[Series/UltramanAce Yapool]] in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' as of ''Series/UltramanMebius''----